discarded : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: discarded	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for discarded
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
discarded adj thrown away; "wearing someone's cast-off clothes"; "throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged some thrown-away furniture" Synonym(s): cast-off(a), discarded, throwaway(a), thrown-away(a)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Discard \Dis*card"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discarding}.] 1. (Card Playing) To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards). 2. To cast off as useless or as no longer of service; to dismiss from employment, confidence, or favor; to discharge; to turn away. They blame the favorites, and think it nothing extraordinary that the queen should . . . resolve to discard them. --Swift. 3. To put or thrust away; to reject. A man discards the follies of boyhood. --I. Taylor. Syn: To dismiss; displace; discharge; cashier.